Live cleanest global major city ranking
The hourly major city ranking compares AQI⁺ values for more than 100 global cities. Click to learn more.

2025

World Air Quality Report

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AQI⁺ US legend

0-50Good

51-100Moderate

101-150Unhealthy for sensitive groups

151-200Unhealthy

201-300Very unhealthy

301+Hazardous

Rank	Major city, country/region	AQI⁺ US	Followers
1	Tokyo, Japan	6	1.7M followers
2	Chiang Mai, Thailand	11	16M followers
3	Kobe, Japan	11	68.4K followers
4	Phnom Penh, Cambodia	11	1.1M followers
5	Yangon, Myanmar	14	230.9K followers
6	Melbourne, Australia	16	857.6K followers
7	Detroit, USA	17	76.2K followers
8	Osaka, Japan	17	661.3K followers
9	Algiers, Algeria	17	50.3K followers
10	Minneapolis, USA	19	93.7K followers
11	Chicago, USA	19	223.9K followers
12	Kyoto, Japan	19	267K followers
13	Canberra, Australia	20	496.8K followers
14	San Francisco, USA	21	1.1M followers
15	Bogota, Colombia	21	144.7K followers
16	Kabul, Afghanistan	22	62.6K followers
17	Montreal, Canada	23	349.1K followers
18	Stockholm, Sweden	23	250.8K followers
19	Rotterdam, Netherlands	23	188.5K followers
20	Sydney, Australia	24	1.9M followers
21	Kraków, Poland	25	604K followers
22	Warsaw, Poland	25	816K followers
23	New York, USA	26	2.5M followers
24	Toronto, Canada	26	1.1M followers
25	Lyon, France	26	701.3K followers
26	Berlin, Germany	27	856.1K followers
27	Oslo, Norway	27	192.8K followers
28	Bangkok, Thailand	28	17.2M followers
29	Budapest, Hungary	28	161.7K followers
30	Amsterdam, Netherlands	28	564.8K followers
31	Seattle, USA	29	784.5K followers
32	Copenhagen, Denmark	29	206.5K followers
33	Prague, Czech Republic	30	288K followers
34	Santiago, Chile	30	178.4K followers
35	Wrocław, Poland	30	443.1K followers
36	Auckland, New Zealand	30	254.4K followers
37	Almaty, Kazakhstan	31	832.4K followers
38	Helsinki, Finland	31	222.2K followers
39	Brussels, Belgium	32	351.6K followers
40	Nairobi, Kenya	33	78.7K followers
41	Ljubljana, Slovenia	33	206.1K followers
42	Barcelona, Spain	34	619.2K followers
43	Lima, Peru	34	67.6K followers
44	Munich, Germany	34	696.2K followers
45	Bern, Switzerland	34	220.2K followers
46	Bishkek, Kyrgyzstan	36	608.4K followers
47	Moscow, Russia	38	1.3M followers
48	Bratislava, Slovakia	40	87.7K followers
49	Washington D.C., USA	41	178.1K followers
50	Sofia, Bulgaria	44	275.1K followers
51	Vienna, Austria	44	483.7K followers
52	Dublin, Ireland	44	123.8K followers
53	Vancouver, Canada	45	561.3K followers
54	Houston, USA	46	134.2K followers
55	Paris, France	47	15.2M followers
56	Denver, USA	49	2M followers
57	London, United Kingdom	50	1.2M followers
58	Busan, South Korea	50	1.1M followers
59	Zagreb, Croatia	50	271.2K followers
60	Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia	52	133.5K followers
61	Madrid, Spain	52	775.3K followers
62	Rome, Italy	52	427.6K followers
63	Portland, USA	53	440.2K followers
64	Sao Paulo, Brazil	53	181.6K followers
65	Taipei, Taiwan	53	1.5M followers
66	Baku, Azerbaijan	53	86K followers
67	Lisbon, Portugal	54	205.3K followers
68	Chongqing, China	55	505.1K followers
69	Salt Lake City, USA	55	264.6K followers
70	Kaohsiung, Taiwan	55	1.1M followers
71	Birmingham, United Kingdom	55	365.2K followers
72	Nice, France	55	598.8K followers
73	Kyiv, Ukraine	56	669.5K followers
74	Chengdu, China	56	2.4M followers
75	Milan, Italy	56	512.4K followers
76	Sarajevo, Bosnia Herzegovina	58	780.9K followers
77	Istanbul, Turkey	59	555K followers
78	Bucharest, Romania	59	211.2K followers
79	Athens, Greece	59	188.3K followers
80	Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam	60	2.9M followers
81	Pristina, Kosovo	62	113.1K followers
82	Addis Ababa, Ethiopia	63	36.5K followers
83	Hong Kong, Hong Kong SAR	64	1.2M followers
84	Seoul, South Korea	66	17.6M followers
85	Kathmandu, Nepal	66	447.7K followers
86	Skopje, North Macedonia	66	250.2K followers
87	Manila, Philippines	67	374.2K followers
88	Tashkent, Uzbekistan	68	1.5M followers
89	Tehran, Iran	68	1.6M followers
90	Baghdad, Iraq	69	292.3K followers
91	Shanghai, China	71	3.4M followers
92	Dakar, Senegal	71	50.7K followers
93	Incheon, South Korea	73	193.4K followers
94	Beijing, China	73	18.3M followers
95	Shenzhen, China	73	863K followers
96	Johannesburg, South Africa	73	110.9K followers
97	Accra, Ghana	74	27.4K followers
98	Dhaka, Bangladesh	74	492.1K followers
99	Karachi, Pakistan	75	308.7K followers
100	Medan, Indonesia	75	1.4M followers
101	Hangzhou, China	76	791K followers
102	Guangzhou, China	77	2M followers
103	Kolkata, India	80	1.6M followers
104	Belgrade, Serbia	82	1.3M followers
105	Cairo, Egypt	83	276.9K followers
106	Jakarta, Indonesia	90	2.2M followers
107	Wuhan, China	90	644K followers
108	Kampala, Uganda	90	39.5K followers
109	Mumbai, India	91	1.8M followers
110	Kuwait City, Kuwait	91	172.1K followers
111	Manama, Bahrain	99	80.1K followers
112	Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel	102	236.6K followers
113	Jerusalem, Israel	104	98.7K followers
114	Los Angeles, USA	105	16.2M followers
115	Singapore, Singapore	113	1.3M followers
116	Mexico City, Mexico	113	620.3K followers
117	Dubai, United Arab Emirates	127	1.2M followers
118	Riyadh, Saudi Arabia	128	394.6K followers
119	Hanoi, Vietnam	139	3.6M followers
120	Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia	145	1.1M followers
121	Doha, Qatar	156	330.2K followers
122	Kuching, Malaysia	160	104.6K followers
123	Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo	165	18.1K followers
124	Delhi, India	168	3.3M followers
125	Lahore, Pakistan	171	1.1M followers